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Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 17:03:53 -0000
From: "Donald MacDonald" <Donald.MacDonald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [OM] Digital trends (LONG and RAMBLING)
D. MacDonald wrote:
>... but I
>think the general mass of the point-and-shoot public is being conned into
>going digital.
>Now 'wanting' digital and 'needing' it are completely different concepts,
>and differ from person to person.
>... In other words, professional users may 'need' digital.
Good posting! I use a Kodak-Canon DCS 560 as part of my professional work,
and may be using a Canon D30 soon, but for my personal photography I have
absolutely NO interest in digital. I'm still captivated by the magic of
film that got me into photography in 1966. I love the smell of a bulk roll
of Tri-X when I first open the black bag (and can tell the different B&W
films by their odors).
I like the fact that you don't need any electronic gizmos to view
film-based images, just light. Film will serve history better too. When
I'm gone, people might find interest even in the "out takes" on a contact
sheet; I've found pictures I wanted to print years after I originally shot
them.
Alan Magayne-Roshak
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